A novel learning and memory brain network has been discovered that processes incoming information based…
Month: August 2015
Predicting risk for deadly cardiac events
A marker commonly used to determine if a patient is having a heart attack can…
Health care innovation isn’t about smart phone apps, researchers say
Health care has much to learn from innovative high-tech companies, but not in the way…
Combining chemotherapy with an immune-blocking drug could stop cancer growing back
Giving patients a drug that blocks part of the immune system from going into overdrive…
Fetal ECG during labor offers no advantage over conventional fetal heart rate monitoring
Fetal electrocardiogram ST segment analysis, or STAN, which is largely used in Europe to measure…
Gravel-camouflaged nests give threatened shorebirds a boost
When it comes to reproduction, not every individual equally pulls his or her weight. Researchers…
Protein-packed breakfast prevents body fat gain in overweight teens
Researchers compared the benefits of consuming a normal-protein breakfast to a high-protein breakfast and found…
Searching the Internet inflates estimates of internal knowledge
Actively searching the Internet inflates our sense of the knowledge we actually possess because we…
Exercise may be associated with reduced disease activity in children with MS
Children with multiple sclerosis who exercise regularly may have a less active disease. For the…
Making the 9-1-1 call for stroke differs by race, sex
During a stroke, slightly more than half of patients use emergency medical services to get…